Co-authors Judith Boettcher and Rita-Marie Conrad have refined a list of 14 best practices based on core learning principles to help faculty succeed in creating effective online courses.

Following are 12 best practices, informed by my years of training and practice in psychology and education, coupled with contemporary research in online teaching and learning.

Self-reflection is one of the best practices in teaching because it can help raise the success of students who take their courses.

Following are 12 best practices, informed by my years of training and practice in psychology and education, coupled with contemporary research in online teaching and learning.

New study of faculty motivation for teaching says certain kinds of motivation -- intrinsic and believing that teaching is important -- are linked to use of best teaching practices, across institution ...

America Achieves facilitates the Global Learning Network (GLN), a professional learning community for school and district leaders from world-leading schools that are committed to improving education ...

In today's education reform landscape, there is an emphasis on learning from other countries. However, not everyone is enthusiastic to implement these best practices. Here are some ways to get buy-in.

Modular education partitions degrees into smaller, Lego-like building blocks of learning, each with their own credentials, learning and skills outcomes.

“Think-pair-share” is a widely known active-learning technique. I summarize some of the best practices to use and some pitfalls to avoid when designing a think-pair-share activity for the classroom.

The Higher Learning Commission (UW’s accrediting body) offers this definition of assessment: “Effective assessment is best understood as a strategy for understanding, confirming, and improving student ...